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2k Erg Strategy: Piece by Piece

Before you even sit down on the erg, you're anxious. You know the work you're about to do is going to be hard. Your legs are going burn. You'll gasp for breath... Read More...

Coxswains: Lighten your gunwale grip with these tips

Question of the week, from parents of a junior's coxswain: Our daughter started coxing about six months ago and her hands have gotten really torn up from holdi... Read More...

When Everything Hurts: Pain, Injury Prevention, and Starting Over

It feels strange to admit, but I have no plans to row in a boat this season. I've only gotten on an erg once since March. So this is not a story of my triumphan... Read More...

American Women’s Marathon (42,195m) Record Set at World Rowing Indoor Championships

In the excitement of World Rowing Indoor Championship 2k events and the swarm of international athletes, it would have been easy for you to miss the petite woma... Read More...

Flipping a Four: What to Do When the Unexpected Happens

It's rare that a crew flips a big boat, which makes it even more important for coaches, rowers, and coxswains to know what to do in case of emergency.... Read More...

Nancy Blakemore and Aldina Nash Hampe reunited after 50 years to row at USRowing Masters Nationals.

Aldina Nash Hampe: Pioneer of Women’s Rowing Reunites with 1960s 2x Partner

If you were at the 2017 USRowing Masters Nationals in Oak Ridge, TN and stuck around until 4:36pm on Sunday, you would have witnessed history in the making. Whe... Read More...

Coxswain Tom Beodeker spent 16 years with Lake Union Crew before moving to San Diego.

Hot Seat: Tom Boedeker

When you're a 90-pound high school freshman, your seat in the boat is the ninth. And if you take on the challenge of learning the coxing ropes as a teenager, yo... Read More...

Karen Werth is a perennial sight on the Anacostia River in Washington, DC.

Hot Seat: Karen Werth

There was cycling in the Werth family blood, but in 1996 Karen was looking for a new sport to claim as her own. Hours spent on the gym erg sparked an interest i... Read More...

The first winner in his wherry (from the original picture in Watermen's Hall)

Race for Doggett’s Coat & Badge: A Thames Institution Since 1715

On a stormy summer night in 1715, Irish comedian and stage manager Thomas Doggett needed a lift home from the Swann Tavern in London. He regularly used water ta... Read More...

Matt Lehrer, Director of Coaching Education at CRI, and Coach of CRI Competitive Women

Hot Seat: Matt Lehrer

“The reason I came to CRI in 2000 is I realized I really wanted to coach and had no idea what I was doing,” Matt Lehrer explains. His coaching education and... Read More...

AC Chacon, Head Coach of Long Beach State men's rowing. (Photo: Jasmine McGill)

Hot Seat: AC Chacon

Weight Training 101 is what 110-pound AC Chacon signed up for one fall as a student at Grand Valley State University in Michigan. It was there that a chance mee... Read More...